* There is also a 5x all purchase multiplier and you are platinum so you get 1.25x

Total Spent - $162

Base Points Earned - 162

Platinum .25x Earned - 41 (162 * .25 = 40.5, and rounding up)

5x All Purchases Earned - 648 (it ends up being 4x because you don't count the base points)

5x Item/Brand Earned - 434

Total Points Earned - 1285

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Since a lot of information is being removed from this thread, try to help each other out and add product id numbers and sku numbers so people can find items on ulta.

Just to clarify, there is an item number that Ulta lists on the website, right under the picture of the item.

The product id is the number given to the item in the URL. So Ulta's site follows this formula of having the url and then the very last part of the url is "productId=xlsImpprod" followed by an 8 digit number. If you use that "productId" number you can get to the page of any item on ulta. It's not a search, but the direct url to the page. Click on any product, and then view the url in the address bar. It will look like this: ulta's website (not using the actual domain because BT admins don't like that) /ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=xlsImpprod12345678. Replace the 8 digit product id of the item you want to see with the sample id.

(This is a number where I use the multiplier to divide by 2000 to see how many dollars I would have to spend in order to redeem a $125 reward. E.g. 2000 points divided by 1 point multiplier means I have to spend $2000 to get the $125 reward. Adding how much I had to spend ($2000) + the reward ($125), and then using the reward ($125) to divide the total purchase ($2125), I get a discount of approximately 6% based on the total purchase. Note: the total purchase is based on the concept that you are spending just enough to reach the next $125 reward and combines the reward value with how much money you had to spend to get that reward.

Re: RE: Ulta GWPs

What a disappointment @sephoraaddict918 ! I'ts just samples that any other department store would include automatically in an order. Nothing Special. Plus, all of these had bad ingredients except for the Tarte Moisturizer and Bareminerals Lip sample. These are going in the trash.

But, I love the 4x points for the @Lancome L'Avbsolu Lacquer in Beige Sensation! I tried on the color and it looks so juicy and natural on the lips, I love it. Will have to test the wear time for this later on.

I'm so excited seeing all of the cannabis/CBD skincare co...

I'm so excited seeing all of the cannabis/CBD skincare coming out! Having come from Colorado I had friends making this type of stuff and loved the soothing, inflammation reducing and pain relieving properties. It's been tough to find in the midwest so I am super curious to try out some of these products. If only there was a sampler... future skinfatuation???

Re: Ulta GWPs

Just wanted to share a little bit of positive GWP redemption experience! I jumped on the 6pc Deluxe Sample Mystery Bag with $40 online purchase (w/ Ulta Credit Card) at the end of Feb. The bonus being that you didn't have to own the Ultamate Rewards Credit Card for it to work! The curation in the pic had nothing in what I received, but still loved it and I had picked up 5x bonus points by purchasing the Carolina Herrera Good Girl Parfum. Less than week later, I redeemed the Platinum Perk for the Kate Spade Tote w/ $35 fragrance purchase & grabbed Too Faced Tutti Fruiti palette for half off. For some reason the Clinique Happy Gelato Body Cream ($36) counted as fragrance? Also qualified me for two additional Clinique GWPs which were free w/ $35 Clinique purchase. Score!

~~P.S. When did the option to pick a sample packet with purchase go away? Not that I really ever received any at all when requested, but still wondering!~~

Re: Ulta GWPs

@KemoLove I really like that tote. I wish there were more totes that didn’t require perfume purchases as I can’t wear most perfumes and my mom can only wear so much (she’s also getting that Herrera set).

My mystery bag looks like yours. I love that it had FAB lotion as I need all of that I can get in the winter.

Around October/November the sample at checkout went away. They started doing a lot of GWPs around the same time.